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Vitamin D deficiency
My vitamin D level is: 19.72.
Question:
1. What time is the correct time for exposing in sun?
Some are saying 6am-9am, 4pm-6pm.
Some are saying 10am-3pm.
2. If its 10am-3pm, are there side effects if exposed like skin becoming dark, skin cancer, sun stroke?
3. How many days should i expose in sun to get vit D levels back to normal?
4. Is it possible to get back to normal level without having vit D supplement tablet?
Note: As i am at home due to corona, i am exposing to sun daily between 6am-9am and 4pm-6pm for 1hour. Am i doing correctly???
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About 25 minutes duration time between 9 am and 11 am is okay because at that time the sun rays are neither too strong, nor too slanting. Sun helps to absorb the vitamin D from foods. I personally recommend strictly vegetarian sources of vitamin d like cheese, cow's milk, yoghurt, oatmeal, tofu
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1hr are u serious.
Daily 5 to 10min enough. Early morning/just after sunrise best time ~ 5-6am.
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6am tob9am
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Dr. Soudip Saha
General Physician
5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
30min in alternative day in a week between 7am to 10 am.take green vegetables and milk,soybeans,egg yolks.
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Average requirement of sunlight
30 min 3 times a week
Between 10 am to 4 pm
Darker people require more time than
fare peoples .
Some tan is unavoidable
You may use sunscreen for face
You need supplements .
Aim for level of 50 -
No vegetarian food contains vit d
except some mushrooms
Need to have animal sourced food
Food alone will not be sufficient .
Sunlight is a must for healthy . There are other benefits also .
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Ensure sunlight .
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